Diseases

The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH) Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre is trialling a breakthrough drug that could allow patients to live decades longer, by turning the acutely fatal

Awareness raising for lung health and lung disease will be among the issues discussed at WorkSafe Victoria’s Silicosis Summit for medical professionals this week.

New Zealand is battling its worst measles outbreak

New Zealand’s adult-centred health system appears ill-equipped to meet the needs of chronically sick young people, a University of Otago study has found.

Australian medical researchers from the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney have successfully developed and tested a new type of vaccine targeting tuberculosis

New research about an old vaccine – one that has been in use for nearly 100 years – has not only shown how effective it is but also suggests it improves our immune

NSW authorities are urging people to be alert to meningococcal disease symptoms as a peak nears, saying the potentially-deadly infection is hard to identify.

Influenza experts say Australia is experiencing a "moderately bad" flu season that has likely reached its peak already after starting early this year.

Robin Daly, Deakin University and Andrea B. Maier,

A 43-year-old father who battled a virus for more than a week is the latest victim of Victoria's deadly flu season. Victoria is staring

A global study looking at the role that iron plays in 900 diseases has uncovered the impact of both low and high iron levels – and the news is mixed.

A possible drug target for chronic liver disease has been identified by an international research collaboration involving a University of Queensland team. Professor

The latest data showing a continued decline in HIV transmission rates in NSW has been welcomed by the state’s leading HIV prevention and HIV support organisation, ACON.

In a world first, researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have shown previously ignored rare genetic mutations are a major cause of lupus.

Experts say Australia has experienced an intense early flu season and are urging people to get vaccinated ahead of the winter peak. Experts

South Australia is having a horror start to the 2019 flu

Monash University researchers have for the first time found evidence that dopamine levels in the brain can help people with Parkinson’s disease overcome cognitive apathy

Victorians have been urged to get their influenza shot, with triple the number of reported cases so far this year compared with the same time in 2018.

Early access to specialist lymphedema physiotherapy treatment should be funded by the government, according to the Australian Physiotherapy Association, who joined the Australian

Australian, Solomon Islands and British researchers have succeeded in simultaneously treating two debilitating skin diseases – scabies and impetigo – which